The 3 Strands of Safety: A Framework to Identify, Understand, and Act on Risk

About this Webinar

Frameworks are essential tools for health and safety leaders. They provide a clear structure for decision-making, help align teams on priorities, and ensure risks are managed consistently across an organisation. This session will go beyond the traditional Hierarchy of Controls (HOC), challenging its limitations and introducing a more dynamic framework centred on Identification, Understanding, and then Accepting, Mitigating, or Removing risk.

Crystal Danbury, Director of Group Safety, Insurance & Occupational Wellbeing at Sainsbury's (UK), joins Peter Jenkins, ecoPortal’s UK Country Manager, to explore why frameworks are essential for driving clarity and accountability across any industry, and how the right framework can shift organisations from a culture of blame to one focused on causation. Grounded in a people-first and risk-acceptance approach, Crystal’s framework and experience can help you and your organisation move from reactive to proactive safety management, gain deeper insights, and ultimately build safer, more resilient workplaces.

Who will benefit

• HR and People Leaders looking to strengthen employee wellbeing, engagement, and a safe, inclusive workplace culture.
• EHS and Risk Professionals responsible for compliance, risk management, and implementing structured safety frameworks.
• Facilities and Operations Managers focused on workplace design, operational safety, and creating environments that support employee resilience.
• Frontline Supervisors and Team Leads aiming to identify, understand, and act on risks while protecting their teams.
• C-level Executives seeking to integrate proactive safety and wellbeing into organisational strategy and risk management.

Key Talking Points

The Role of Effective Frameworks in Health and Safety
Understand how structured frameworks provide clarity, consistency, and accountability, helping organisations make better decisions, align teams, and manage risks effectively across all levels.

Challenging Traditional Approaches: The Hierarchy of Controls (HOC)
Examine the limitations of the traditional HOC and explore how more dynamic frameworks can guide better decision-making and more effective risk management.

Strand 1: Identifying Risks Effectively
Explore how to systematically recognise hazards across your organisation, from operational processes to human factors, to ensure no risk goes unnoticed.

Strand 2: Understanding Risks and Their Impact 
Learn methods to analyse and interpret identified risks, assessing consequences, and gaining deeper insight into organisational vulnerabilities.

Strand 3: Mitigating, Accepting, or Removing Risk
We'll discuss practical approaches to managing risks, including mitigation strategies, informed risk acceptance, and the elimination of hazards, with real-world examples.